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A Third Way to Address the Iranian Threat

Support the opposition and let Iranians topple a regime they despise.

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Michael Ledeen

April 16, 2013 7:07 p.m. ET

With an Iranian presidential election coming in June, President Obama may be presented with a second chance to get his policy right. In 2009, when massive protests followed Iran's disputed presidential vote, Mr. Obama sat by as the insurrection was brutally put down by the Tehran regime. But the rage against the regime is still intense, and if similar protests explode in June, the White House should be prepared.

The president ought to know from the example of the Arab Spring that seemingly secure despots can be toppled by...